Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Oct 2023 - Sep 2024
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.8 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Resources for the Future (RFF)
EU Transparency Register
699941752584-92 First registered on 23 Jan 2024
Goals / Remit
RFF’s mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. At RFF, we envision a future where climate change no longer threatens our well-being and where smart environmental decisions help to uplift communities around the world. Our experts bring the brightest economic thinking to bear on our future, shaping many of the world’s most successful environmental decisions and policies over the past 70 years. Today, we’re applying our expertise to reduce emissions, build resilience, and solve the climate challenge.
Main EU files targeted
Primarily EU environmental, climate, and energy policies. EU policies within the domain of the European Green Deal and successor frameworks in the future. International trade and climate policies related to the UNFCCC and WTO.
Specific examples include the EU ETS, including ETS 2 and possible extension to other sectors; the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Industrial Carbon Management Strategy and the Carbon Removal Certification Mechanism. For energy and electricity: Electricity market design, Renewable Energy Directive, Energy Efficiency and Energy Efficiency for Buildings Directive. Transport: CO2 vehicle standards and sustainable fuels for aviation and maritime shipping. Policies related to industrial decarbonization, including the Net-Zero Industry Act, state aid rules and Critical Raw Materials Act, and initiatives addressing specific technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage, or biomass.
RFF is a policy research organization, not an advocacy organization. Its researchers seek to primarily inform environmental, climate and energy policy decisions.Address
Head Office
1616 P Street NWSuite 600
Washington 20036
UNITED STATESEU Office
1616 P Street NWSuite 600
Washington 20036
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 10% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.8
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
RFF is a founding member of the Global Climate Policy Partnership (GCPP). To help major economies and businesses achieve their climate neutrality objectives efficiently and inclusively, the GCPP offers an international network of leading economic and policy research institutes. The GCPP facilitates a greater understanding of climate policies across national boundaries, quantifying and evaluating their economic, financial, and social impacts at all geographic scales. https://www.rff.org/gcpp/
Other partnerships are described at https://www.rff.org/partnerships/.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Oct 2023 - Sep 2024
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
17,300,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Bezos Earth Fund 1,960,000€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
RFF publishes its own research papers. The views in these publications only represent the views of the authors, not of RFF as a whole or of any partner of RFF. RFF also hosts a range of public and private events, issues press releases and engages with the press about its research, and hosts a blog and podcast series.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 18 Nov 2024 Location Baku, Azerbaijan Subject Physical meeting - CBAM, COP29 and Carbon Pricing DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 18 Apr 2024 Location Washington DC Subject Physical meeting - Meeting organised and attended by the EU Delegation in Washington to discuss about carbon pricing and carbon border adjustment mechanisms DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)